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Social protection
Matthias Meissner

Ways out of old-age poverty

Societies are ageing in many countries

Intellectual heritage
Philip Lepenies

What the know-it-alls don’t understand

Why development professionals tend to think they know it all

Colonial past
Salua Nour

A bandage on a tumour

Not much reason to celebrate: 50 years of independence in Africa

The merger of GTZ, InWEnt and DED
Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz

One Face to the Customer

Approved by the cabinet: the outlines of the merger of GTZ, DED and InWEnt

Idle youth
Samwar S. Fallah

Peace under threat

Youth unemployment spells trouble in Liberia

Media
Rousbeh Legatis
Rousbeh Legatis

Supporting journalists as peace builders

Appropriately supported, journalists will contribute to Colombian peace

Angola
Johannes Beck

Troublesome legacy

Angola’s poverty persists as oil exports boom

Mass media
Eleonore von Bothmer

“More depth”

Why citizen journalists make an important difference

Reliable Data
Walter Wafula

“Uganda stands out in Africa”

Uganda's statistical office stands out in Africa

Financial inclusion
Laura Ceresna

Banking the rural poor

Financial services have yet to reach the rural masses in India’s Karnataka

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Reimagining African folktales
The literary power of Black women writers
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges